The Greensboro patriot [November 22, 1876]

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The Greensboro Patriot.
Established in 1821. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1876. {New Series No. 452.
For the Patriot.
A WISH.
11Y " K.MI'MK"
O would I were a little raj
8orue lonely life to cheer,
Could I but 1 it-am acrom their path
While on my journey here.
For Ood han sent Hit love divine
To beam upon my heart
O thou who art HO truo and kind
Help uif to bear my part.
0 could I know that I might do
Some kindly act of love,
That soinethiuK don**, for Jenui' pake
My love for him might prove.
For He hath done »o much for me,
Hath died that I might live,
And tbat I may tihow forth thy praise
1 pray ahleHMng give.
O could I fee) that in my life
Some goodly aecd I'd aowu,
Tbat migbt be garnered up at laat,
When ChriHt ahall claim IIIH own.
For Ood hath MWfl Hie Weaned word
In UB, to bring forth fruit;
O may it spring up in my heart
And ripen for Hie use.
O Saviour could I fowl and know
I have not lived in vain,
That I have brightened »oiue one's lot
And leasene<l some oue'e pain.
Grant that I may ever grow
In u-efulufs- and love
And brightly shine a little ray
To point to Heaven ahovo
Thou bant done much, thou will do morv
Thy blossiogs never cease
And after life is over here
Thou giv*st perfect peace.
.In... A. tiilmer.
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The Rebel Ranger:
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LOVE VERSUS PATRIOTISM.
A Rerolutionary Story.
• • • The gallant officer, who
had come so bravely to the aid of
Mr. Ashland, was Lord St. John
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the British army, and one ot the
bravest and noblest men who served
bis King in America.
A man of wealth, noble title, and
military rank, he was also severe in
battle, generous in doleat, and al
all times a gentleman, while his
personal appearance wa.i strikingly
distinguished.
From his first meeting with Maud
Ashland be had been her tlevoted
friend, and though an enemy, both
the maiden and her father liked
him exceedingly, and always wel-comed
him to their home.
Hiding aloug the onler line of
pickets. Lord Coviugton had been
told by one of the men that several
men had gone forward on a recon-naisance,
to suddenly come upon
Maud and her lather in dire dis-tress.
The gallant Englishman was no
man to weigh odds when triends
needed his aid, and at once had
charged upon the scene with a re-sult
already known to the reader.
After looking viciously at the of-ficer
for a moment, the leader of the
cow boys said, rudely,
•' I'll take yer waluables, my fiue
bird, au' then we'll run yon up to
yonder limb 'cause you desarve
hangitt' for killin' some of my men,
at. 'specially my poor brother—as
for these fokeses, why the old gent
can go aud git the gold to buy the
gal an' nigger back."
It was evident that the cow boys
held the advantage and meant to
keep it; but the threat did not
cause a terror to Lord Covington
for himself, but a terrible fear for
poor Maud, and ho replied,
" Uear me—I am your prisoner
and you have power to hang me if
you please—let this gentleman, his
daughter and servant continue, aud
1 wiU remain with you, and by to-morrow
you shall have what ran-som
you ask—if not, then hang me
up as soon as you please."
" Ho, ho, he, he, you is to be
banged anyhow, my fine Colonel,
an' 1 gets my revenge by it, an' then
the gal aud nigger must be ran-somed.
" You see be in earnest, and then
the old gent can go on, an' to-mor-row
I'll meet bint here ; ef he meaus
anv trap, why, I'll kill his gal, I
will."
The leader of the cow boys sud-denly
pauseil,an expression oi alarm
spreading over his face, tor distinct
ly heard was the sound of coming
hoofs.
The next instant, like a human
avalanche, there swept down a
wood path a score of horsemen, and
in their front rode a tall, splendid
looking officer.
With a promiscuous volley the
cow ooys turned to tun, but with a
wild yell the rangers were upon
them, and the insolent leader fell
dead trotn a sword cut dealt by the
ranger Captain.
While the rangers swept on after
the living cow boys, their leader
wheeled his horse alongside of the
one ridden by Maud, and fondly
embraced her, after which he warm-ly
greeted Mr. Ashland, while he
said, "Thank Heaven! I came on
as I did—hearing you had been to
the farm I rode on rapidly to try
and overtake you."
" My brave boy, we owe much to
your timely arrival—but let me
present you to Lord Covington, a
Colonel of Hussars in the British
army, end a gentleman who but
now came to our aid single-handed,
and had yon not arrived would
PABLE doubtless have lost his life. Lord
1 I leani Covingtou, this is my son, Captain
Morris Ashland, known as the
'Rebel Ranger.'"
" I am glad to meet Captain Ash-land,
and have to thank him for
saving me from an ignominious
death at the hands of reuegades,
and I yield him my sword as his
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prisouer/andtheEnglishman spoke
somewhat sadly, while the Ameri-
I can frankly replied,
" I accept your hand in friend-ship,
Lord Covington, for I know
of you as a gallant and generous
enemy ; accident placed you in my
hands, and I certainly will not con-sider
you in the light of a prisoner;
what is it, Cham pet"
" One of the scouts report a body
of British horse coming dowu the
read, sir," replied the ranger ad
dressed
" In what force 1" quietly asked
Morris Ashland.
" Fully a hundred strong, air."
" And we are but twenty; father,
I am sorry to terminate this inter
view abruptly, especially as I long
to have a talk with yourself and
Maud; but this is not a healthy
neighborhood for the Rebel Ranger
aud his men, and we must be off,
for we are uot strong enough to give
battle ; another timo, Lotd Coving-ton,
1 trust we may meet, sir."
Quickly raising his hat to the Eng-lishman,
and affectionately parting
with bis father aud sister, not for-getting
a kind word to the delight-ed
negro, the Rebel Raugcr called
to his men, and dashed away into
the forest, just as a squadron of
British cavalry came in sight
around a bend in the road.
They are my men, Mr. Ashland,
doubtless in search of me; bat
what a superb looking man your
son is," said Lord Covington, earn-estly.
Therein you pay yourself a
compliment, Lord Covington, for 1
have always thought that you and
Morris were strikingly alike, aud
especially so now that I see my
brother after mouths of separation,"
replied Maud, who, now that the
danger was over, breathed freely
once more.
ilo certainly is a brave cud gal-lant
gentleman, and bis noble con-duct
to me I shall never forget, tor
I was virtually bis prisoner."
My brother would never do a
mean act, Lord Covington."
I believe you, Miss Ashland—
well, Major Claremont, you are
most welcome, but a tritie late to
be of service ; anyhow, 1 thank you
for coming as you did ; you see we
have had .-.ouii- trouble here f
" Yes, my lord ; Miss Ashland, I
trust you have recovered from the
frighl you doubtless received in wit-nessing
a skirmish; my lord, who
were your enemies, for I see here a
decided mixture, a rebel trooper,
by his uniform, and several of those
pests called cow boys—ah ! there
was some good swordsmanship
done, I observe," and the loquacious
major would have ruu ou at greater
length, for, though a good soldier,
he was au iucessaut talker, had not
Lord t'ovington said, "we were at-tacked
and made prisoner by the
cow boys, and rescued by the Rebel
Banger and his men."
•Indeed! then that mounted
terror cannot be faraway and I will
go in pursuit—"
•• Y'ou will do uo such thing, Ma-jor
Claremont—we will return at
once to the city," and Lord Coving-ton's
tone proved he meant to be
obeyed, while both Mr. Ashland
and Maud bestowed upon him a
look of thanks for his kindness in
thus protecting the retreat of the
Rebel Raugcr.
When the cloaked stranger en-tered
the mansion, where his ar-rival
seemed to create surprise in
the butler, James, that worthy-ushered
him hurriedly iuto a room
upon the left, which was a library.
" Now Massa Morris, yon jist
stay here, aud don't you poke your
nose out o' dat door, or you mout
loose your neck—I tell Missy Maud
at once—"'
" And my father, James—"
" He am off at a big dinuer to
uight, sab."
So saying, the worthy James left
the room, while the person, whom
the reader has doubtless recognized
as Morris Ashland, the Rebel
Ranger, threw aside his heavy
cloak aud hat, and appeared in civ-ilians
attire.
As he stood under the light of
the caudles his face was plainly
visible—darkly sun burnt, intelli-gent,
and full of daring and de-termination.
His eyes were black, restless and
piercing, and his lip was sheltered
by a dark moustache, an uncommon
thing it. tr.en of that day, while his
hair, worn rather long, was brushed
back from his forehead.
Morris Ashland was certainly a
dashing, handsome fellow, and
looked just what he was, one ot the
most gallant officers iu the conti-nental
army.
A moment only had be to
wait, and the door opened and in
walked Maud Asbland, her face
pale, her whole manner nervous.
" Ah, Morris, my brotl er ! what
have you done V and she threw her
arms around her brothers neck aud
burst into tears.
•• I have simply come to see you
anil father, Maud; but calm your-self
sister mine, and tell me ail the
news," and Morris spoke in a gay
humor, as though little dreading
his perlions situation.
" But you have risked your life,
in coming into the very center of
your enemie's camp.
" I risk my life every day, Mand,
and it is for my country that I do
so.
•' Now I have come to see you
and father, for I wish to ascertain
some points for Washington, which
you can readily find out."
" I will do all that I can, Morris ;
but how did you get into the city f
" Crossed over in a light canos
from the Jersey side, audlauded at
a place I well know—"
" But where were the British
guards f
" Oh ! I took a sentinel prisoner,
and—"
" Did yon kill him, brother V
asked Maud iu alarm.
" Oh no; merely jarred him a lit-tle,
and putting on his coat and
hat, I shouldered his musket and
I awaited for some one to come and
give me the countersign; well, an
officer soon came along, aud I halted
him, and from him I learned the
pass-word of the night ; but who
do you think it was I challenged 1
" I am certain I do not know—"
" Tbat gallant and handsome fel-low.
Lord Covington."
" Ob, Morris!"
" Yes, I recognized him ; bat lit-tle
he thought who was the sentinel
on duty."
" Brother you make light ot your
peril; but you are in deadly danger,
and >on mast at once retrace your
steps out of this city, or you are
lost.
" Tell me first all you wish me to
do for you. and I will gather all the
information 1 can, and will come to
the farm in a few days and leave it
there with Toby."
" Maud, I will remain several days
in the city—I can easily hide here,
aud iu that time you and father can
gain the news I require—"
" Brother—if you are found here
you will be hung as a spy—remem-ber
the fate ot Andre, aud bow
gladly wonld the British retaliate
on you, if you were discovered
here."
" I know, Maud ; but a soldier
must run risks—I promised Wash-ington
I wonld ascertain for him
certain intended movements by sea
and land—"
" All this I have here, for father
and myself have not been idle ; it
seems wrong for us to act as spies,
yet it is for our loved laudjthat we
thus degrade ourselves, and impose
on those who trust us—here, Morris,
are the papers, and now you must
go," and Maud took from a desk a
roll of papers, and thrust them into
her brother's hand, who eagerly
seized tbem.
As be put them in bis inner
pocket, a number of heavy steps
resounded ou the piazza—it was the
regula tramp ot soldiery, and, with
a half cry of alarm, Maud Ashland
fell back in a chair, half fainting
from terror.
" Come, Mand, this will never do,
for do you not see that I have no
chance of escape from this room,
and presence of mind alone can
save me now—introduce me as a
Mr.—anybody, from England."
Maud made an effort to control
herself, but glanced one instant into
the calm, fearless countenance of
her brother, and bid her face in her
hands, while a shndder shook her
frame.
Then came the heavy knock at
the door again, and springing to a
table, ui>on which were a decanter
ot wine and glasses, aud hastily
half filling a glass with sherry, the
Rebel Ranger returned to his sister,
and said quickly, '• Here Maud
drink this—it will revive yon."
As he spoke the library door was
slowly opened, and there stepped
just within the threshold a British
officer in full uniform.
At a glauce be recognized all,
and he turned deadly pale, while a
look of sadness swept over his
handsome face.
The officer was Lord St. John
Covington, and in the lines of the
British army he beheld a man
whom he recoguized as the Rebel
Ranger.
Quickly closing the door behind
him, the sound attracted the atten-tion
of Morris and his sister.
The former calmly folded his arms
upon his breast and bowed haught-ily,
while the latter cried in thrill-ing
tones.
•' Morris, my poor brother, you
are lost!"
"Captain Ashland, from my heart
I feel for you—why were yon so
imprudent T" and Lord Covington
spoke with the deepest feeling in
bis tones.
" I am your prisoner, Lord Cov-ington,
and your duty is plain," said
the Rebel Ranger, calmly, while
Maud stood gazing first upon her
brother and then upon the English-man
with an expression of anguish
in her beautiful face that would
have touched a heart of stone.
" True, Captain Asbland, my
duty calls upon me to arrest you
not as a prisoner of war, but as a
spy, for I see that you wear the
continental uniform beneath your
citizen's dress," and Lord Coving-ton
poiuted to an openiug in the
vest, through which a brass button
was visible.
The face of the Rebel Ranger
never changed color, while he said,
•' As a spy then I snppose I will
be treated—"
" Would be, Captain Ashland,
was your actual presence here
known.
" 11 was reported to me that a
man in a cloak came up from the
Hudson river, attacked a sentinel,
bound and gagged him, and in his
coat and bat obtained the counter-sign
from the next person passing
by.
" That person was myself, so the
real sentinel told me, who lay pow-erless
to move, near by, and the
bold stranger then returued the
soldier his coat, hat and musket,
and came iu this direction. Oue
who saw the affair, but could get
no assistance to attempt the capture
of the daring man, ran on after me,
and 1 obtained a gaurd aud came
in pursuit.
" We tracked bim to this bouse,
and knowing your adventurous nat-ure
I at once thought it might be
you, so I left my guard on the
piazza, and have come in alone.
" My duty, as you said, is plain ;
but Captain Asbland, you saved my
life and I will not be the one to lead
you to the gallows as a spy—you
know the password—retrace your
steps, after fully disguising your-self,
and at once leave the city, and
for Heaven's sake, never place your-self
again in such a position."
Lord Covingtou ceased speaking,
and the Rebel Ranger sprang for-ward
and grasped his baud, while
be said, warmly,
" Colonel, you have proven your-self
one the noblest of men. God
grant that when this bitter war has
ended we may be friends.
" At your bands I accept my lite.
and may I oue day prove my ap
preciation ot your kindness tome."
Maud also tried to speak, bnt her
voice faltered, and she grasped Lord
Covington's hand in both her own
—the act showing how thankful
she was; perhaps she knew the
real cause of the Englishman's
noble act.
With a word of farewell, Lord
Covington turned and left the room
—a moment after the brother aud
sister .heard the guard march away.
To be Continued.
[N. Y. Herald. 1
Prevention is Better than Cure
Y'esterday we again took occasion
to call attention to our cumbrous
and dangerous method of counting
Presidential votes. The present
emergency unfortunately only too
well confirms our statement as to
the expediency of a constitutional
amendment. It has, howerer, be-come
necessary to deal with the evil
as it now is, aud if there is realty-danger
that votes in Florida, Lou-isiana
or South Carolina have been
falsely counted, the future peace
and qniet of the country demand
impartial and immediate investiga
tiou iuto the charges which may be
made. It must be discovered where
aud by whom the alleged frauds
have been committed before it is too
late to prevent their disastrous con-sequences.
The strength and the
stability ot the incoming four years'
administration depend upon the
foundation upon which it now bases
its right to exist, aud should one of
the candidates be placed in the Pres-idential
chair by any proceeding
which can justly be termed unfair
it is unlikely that the consequent
dissatisfaction will be soon or easi-ly
appeased. The almost equal
strength of our two great political
organizations points to the danger
of suspected usurpation on the part
of either, and it is as wrong ao it is
unreasonable to remain blind to the
risks of wrong dealiug in so vital a
matter.
Senator Morton submitted a re-port
from the Committee on Privi-leges
and Elections daring the first
session of the Forty-third Congress,
in which it is stated :—•• Where the
choice of President depends upon
the election in a State which has
been publicly characterized by fraud
or violence, and in which one party-is
alleged to have triumphed and
secured the certificates ot election
by chicanery or the fraudulent in-terposition
of courts, such a Presi-dent
would iii advance be shorn of
his moral power and authority in
his office, would be looked upon as
a usurper, aud the consequences
that would result from such a state
of things no man can predict. Bui
it may be compared to what has so
often occurred in history, where the
successor to the crown iu a monar-chy
was believed by a large part of
the nation to be illegitimate, or not
to be rightfully entitled thereto uu-ler
the laws or usages of the na-tion."'
This grave warning comes
fromoneof the leadiug republican
Senators, one of the foremost and
most influential men of his party.—
His words give us reason to hope
that be and others of his party will
place patriotism above part] and
unite in condemnation ol any at-tempt
should such be made, to ma
nipulato the vote of a State in the
interest of the republican candidate.
Gov. Hampton to the People—
A Temperate and Character-istic
Address of Congratu-lation
on the Victory.
(Special Dispatch to News and Courier.)
COLUMBIA, S. C, NOV. 10.
The followiug address has just
been issued:
To the People of the State:
In offering to oar people my
heart-felt congratulations and grat-itude
for the grand victory they
have won, I venture to beg them
to prove themselves worthy of it
by a continued observance of good
order and a rigid preservation of
peace. Lei us show tbat we seek
only the restoration of good govern-ment,
the return of prosperity and
the establishment of harmony to
the whole people of our State. In
the hour of victory we should be
magnanimous, and we should strive
to forget the animosities of the oon
test by recalling the grand results
of our success. Proscribing none
for difference of opinion, regarding
noue as enemies save sach as are
inimcal to law and order, let us all
unite in the patriotic work of re
deeming the State. By such con
duct wo can not only bring about
good feeliug among all classes, but
can most surely reap the fruits of
victory.
WADE HAMPTON.
The Age of the Earth.
Geologists are coming to the con-clusion
that the age of the earth
has beeu greatly over-estimated;
that the changes of surface forma-tion
and life have been going on for
a much shorter period than the
thirty million years generally ac-cepted
a short time ago. In the
first place, the rate at which the
earth is throwing off heat shows
that ten million years ago the sur-face
was just beginning to consoli-date.
In the second place, it
has lately been discovered that,
owing to the friction of the tides,
the earth's rotation ia retarded
twenty-two seconds in a century,
aud lhat, if it bad beeu rotating for
more than ten million years, it
would be more flattened at the poles
than it is. Iu the third place, tak-ing
the generally accepted theory
of the source of the sun's heat-that
it is produced by condensation
—it is shown that at the present
rate of radiation, it cannot have
been throwing off heat more than
seventy million yean: but as this
shows the time when the solar mass
began to condense, the earth mast
have hail a separate existence after
that period. The conclusion is that
geological changes of the earth's
surface have not been going on
more than twenty million years.
Let Ua Have Peace.
The Tribune yesterday, conceding
the election of Mr. Tilden, made a
timely and graceful announcement
of its abandonment of partisan op-position
to the new President and
bis administration. " With last
night's counting of the votes," says
our contemporary. "Governor
Oatmeal in the Household.
Iu Great Britain children of all
ranks are raised on au oatmeal diet
aloue because it causes tbem to
grow strong and healthful, aud no
better food can possibly be fouud
for them. It is also quite as de-sirable
lor the student as tor the
laborer, ami for the delicate lady
and for her hardworking sister;
indeed, all classes would be greatly
benefited by its use, aud dyspepsia,
with nil its manifold auuoyances,
can be kept at a distauce. Oat-meal
is more substantial food, it is
said, than veal, poik or lamb, and
quite equal to beef and mutton,
giving as much or more mental
vigor, while its groat desideratum
consists in one's not becoming weary
of it, lor it is ai welcome for break-fast
or tea as is w heat or Graham
bread. It can be eaten with syrup
and butter as hasty pudding, or
with cteau: and sugar like rice. It
is especially good tor young mothers
upon whose nervous forces too
great a demand has been made,
am' they lose the equilibrium of the
I spirit and become depressed aud
Tilden ceased to be the candidate | aispiritt-d. Oatmeal requires to be
of a party ; to day he is elected , ,.„okl.(1 sl„wlT, and the water should
President of the whole country— ,(e boj!illg not wueu it is stirred in.
As such, aud until he has done
something to forfeit his claim there-to,
lie is entitled to our respect,
confidence and support. However
we may have doubted him or his
party or his policy heretofore, let
us now accept the situation and
hope for the best." These senti-ments
do honor to the Tribune, and
Should receive the indorsement of
the party press to whichever side
attached. Governor Tilden as Presi-dent
of the whole natiou, chosen
by a fair majority of the people, or
Governor Hayes in the same posi
tion, loses his character as a par-tisan
and becomes the Chief Magis-trate
oi the Republic. It is the
duty of American citizens and oi
the American press to do all in theii
power to strengthen the new Presi-dent's
hands and to encourage him
in a wise, honest uud patriotic
policy, whether he be democratic
or republican iu his political fai'h.
The campaign, now happily ended,
has been marred by personal at-tacks
and indiscriminate abuse.—
Let us hope that all this will now
cease; tbat the fairness of the elec-tion
will be conceded; that its re-sult
will be accepted in good spirit,
and that the next administration,
whatever may be it.i political com-plexion,
may do the best it can to
make the whole Union prosperous,
contented and happy. Let us have
peace.—AVir York Herald.
Solid Cider.—Who has not heard
ot hard cider I But who has ever
heard of solid cider? Well,we have.
It is ou exhibitiou at Philadelphia.
The water of the cider is all evapo-rated,
leaving a subslauce looking
something like dried glue. The
solid residue of the cider is rolled
around a wooden roller, like cloth,
aud is ready for transportation
across the ocean, or elsewhere. If
liquor cider is wanted, a piece is cut
off and water poured ou, when it is
dissolved aud is ready to driuk, and
it is said to be equal to the cider
just from the press.
It so happens that every twenty-j
eight years the 4th of March, the
day fixed for the inauguration of
the President, falls ou Sunday.
I This occurs next year for the fourth
time in the history of our nation,
and loliowing the precedent estab-lished
by three of his predecessors,
the new 1'resident will take the oath
of office on Monday, the 5th of
March.
The first inauguration on the 5th
of March was tbat of George Wash-ington
on entering upon bis second
term. The uext time the 4th of
March fell upon Sunday was in
1821, when James Mouroe was the
President elect for the second time,
and lie. too, was inaugurated ou
Monday, March 5. The third oc-currence
ot this kind was in 1819,
when Zaohary Taylor was inaugur-ated
on Monday, the 5th of March.
After uexl year inauguration day-will
not tall ou .Sunday agaiu until
1003.
The other day a would-be fash-ionable
lady called at a neighbor's
at what she thought would be sup-per
time. " Come in," said the
neighbor; "we are having a
tableau." " I am so glad," said the
visitor. " I thought I smelt 'em,
and I like them_ better than any-thing
for supper."
It was a happy thought on the
part of an Albany professional pen-men
and card writer, when he found
bimself incarcerated for druukei-nees,
to address the Judge a beau-tifully
written note, all covered over
with flourishes, and birds and
bronzed German text, appealing for
an immediate trial. He got it, and
ten days in jail besides.
Wonder if the carpet-baggers
wou't start back North as soon as
the winter is over ; by the fourth
of next March at any rate.
The Debt to Mothers.
Mothers live for their children,
make self-sacrifices tor them, and
manifest their tenderness and love
so freely, that the name mother is
the sweetest in human language.
And yet sons, youthful and aged,
know little ot the anxiety, the sleep
less and painful solicitude which
their mothers have spent over their
thoughtless waywardness. Those
loving hearts go dowu to their
graves with agony untold. As the
mother watches by night, or prays
in privacy of her closet, she weighs
well the words she will address to
her son in order to lead him to a
manhood of honor and usefulness.
She will not tell him all her griefs
and deadly fears whioh beset her
soul. She warns him with tremb
ling lest she say overmuch. She
tries to charm him with cheery love
while her very heart is bleeding.
No worthy and successful man
ever yet knew the breadth and
depth of obligation which he is
under to the mother who guided
bis steps at the time when bis char
acter for virtue and purity was so
narrowly balanced against a coarse
of vice and ignominy.
Let the dutiful son do bis utmost
to smooth his mother's pathway,
let him obey as implicitly as he can
her wishes and advice, let bim omit
nothing tbat will contribute to her
peace, rest and happiness, and yet
be will part from her at the tomb
with the debt to her net half-dis-charged.
Dot Vos Mine Sohiokens
AU-De-Vile.
" Call John Schweitzerkase, or
some such name," said His Honor
to the Sergeant in the Fifty-seventh
Street Police Court yesterday.
" Schweitzerkase," said the Court
(the man's name was only Sweetzer)
" you are charged with bodly en-tering
the chicken coop of the plain-tiff,
Henry Soon, and abstracting
therefrom in a felonious and illegal
manner one chicken. What have
yon to say f
" I am au honest man, blease de
Courts. I doue sbteale noddings.
I baf allvays peen an honest man
undt—"
"I don't doubt it," said His
Honor, " but come down to the
chicken."
"Veil, I looked dot schickena,
Shndge, bud, so help me cbracbous,
I raised dot schickens. I growed
it from de egg. I foundt him iu
a cage avay from mine bouse undt
I said, ' Dot vas mine schickens,
undt I tooked him one py dot
cage."
" But the plaintiff says it was his
chicken," urged the Court.
"I'll make a sebwear, Sbudge,
dot dot schickens vos mine Bchick-ens;
I raised bim, I did, undt 1
vill make sebwear to dot schick-ens."
" This is a very important case,"
said His Honor, " and in order that
the pedigree of tbat chicken be
fully traced, I will adjourn further
investigation to a week from next
Monday."
" Dot vos mine schickens all-do-vile,"
muttered Schweitzerkase, as
he stepped down.
FARMER'S COLUMN.
A Change in the System of
Farming—A Necessity.
It mast be evident to every think-ing
farmer, that a change in oar
system of farming is now an abso-lute
necessity. For several years
past we have been planting cotton
largely with the hope, tbat some-thing
would turn up, which wonld
give m better prices; but such has
been the inoreased yield, under the
improved methods of cultivation,
that we can now see no prospect in
future tor any change for the bet-ter.
To make it for present prices,
and purchase with ic our supplies
is simply ruinous. What obanges
are required, and bow are they to
be made, are the questions which
•very cotton producer is called up-on
to consider.
The answer is obvious. More
pork, more cattle, more grain and
more grass, and less cot ten For-tunately
for our State especially,
there is scarcely a neighborhood in
which we may not profitably adopt
the change.
In our hilly, stiff soils, grasses
aud the different kinds of grain
may be grown to perfection, and
the number of cattle and hogs may
increase in the ratio of increase in
those orops, and we thereby secure
; home supplies of meat, bread, but-ter,
beef, and greatly increase oar
facilties of enriching the soil.
In the light sandy soils where
corn cannot be grown with equal
profit, many of the grasses grow
luxuriantly and the pea crop and
root orop, and especially the sweet
potato, afford abundant facilties
for the production of pork, while
sheep and cattle may be raised
with profit, and the wants of our
people met without the aid of a
Northern market. The truth is,
were we to adopt these simple chan-ges
in our system ot farming, the
South would soon become the most
prosperous portion ot our country.
The truth is,we possess advantages,
which, if properly appreciated and
improved would soon enable us to
rank among the most prosperous
people of the earth—Farmer1*
Friend.
A Convenient Land Measure.
To aid farmers in arriving at
accuracy in estimating the amount
of land iu different fields under cul-tivation,
the loliowing table is
given:
Five yards wide by 968 long con-tains
one acre.
Ten yards wide by 481 long con-tains
one acre.
Twenty yards wide by 242 long
contains one acre.
Forty yards wide by 121 long
contains one acre.
Seventy yards wide by C9J long
contains one acre.
Eighty yards wide by 004 long
contains one acre.
Sixty feet wide by 720 long con
tains one acre.
110 feet wide by 397 long con-tains
one acre.
130 feet wide by 303 long con-tains
one acre.
220 feet wide by 198 long con-tains
one acre.
240 feet wide by 181 j loug con
tains one acre.
440 feet wide by 99 long contains
one acre.
Raising Hogs.
Hogs may be raised and fattened
at much less cost thau is usually
done in the South. It is the cus-tom
among farmers to rely almost
exclusively on the corn crib for
their )>ork, and experience has
taught them that it is cheaper to
buy their meat thau to raise hogs
in this way.
But are there not cheaper meth-ods
of raising pork ! Suppose that
a vacant field was planted in peas,
which can be done at a small cost,
and hogs turned on as soon as they
begin to ripen. Even a small field
will sustain the hogs for a month
or two, and give them a flue start
in August. After said field has
been grazed it may be seeded in
wheat, and will produce nearly
double the qnanity ot wheat it
would bring without such prepara-tion,
and by this time a field of
corn may be gathered and hogs
put upou the peas which have been
grown among the corn, and also up-on
potatoes raised for tbat special
object, and by the time corn-fields
and potato patches have been
gleaned, a week or two upon corn
will make fine pork at a very slight
cost, aud es|iecially if we have had
clover upou which to graze in the
spring. By proper attention to the
pea crop, the improvement of the
land is nearly or quite equal to the
cost of producing the peas, and
pork may he had almost at a nomi-nal
cost. This is no theory but has
been fully tested by experience-
Will the South buy pork hereafter
with cotton at ten cents per pound.
—Fanner'n Friend, Raleigh iV". V-Albert
Rhodes has got himself
into business. In the September
Galaxy he thoughtlessly asked,
" Shall we driuk wine t" And now
postal cards are pouring iu upon
him by thousands, beariug aflirma
live answtrs, and asking him to
name the time aud place. As for
us, uot any, thauk you, Albert, but
if you have any good old Bourbon
in your flask, here's hoping.
If the Church of Christ were
what she ought to be, twenty years
would not pass away ere the story
of the cross would be uttered in the
ear of every living man.—S. II.
Calhoun.
The same Bible that gives us the
Ten Commandments, eujoins that
charity which believeth all things.
hopeth all things.—Guthrie.
Some years ago a Highlander,
being in Glasgow for the first time,
one fine morning was amazed at
the streams of people docking from
all quarters toward the end of the
Green, were they hanged the crimi
nals. He asked a passenger what
the folks expected to see down there.
" A man is to be hanged this
morning, sir," was the answer.—
" O, poor man ! aud what are they
going to hang him for V " Sheep-stealing,
sir." "Tut, tnt! poor
stupid man! Why did be not buy
them and never pay for them t"
Mexican banditti have stolen two
million dollars worth of cattle from
Texas since Jan. 1st. An opening
for Gen. Sheridan—better than the
the one he had in New Orleaus last
winter.
Thorough Culture-
Nothing is mote essential to the
highest success in raising crops
' than thorough preparation and cul-
' tivation ot the soil. Much is lost
i for want of having the soil in good
tilth before the seed is deposited in
, it. When a plant is compelled to
struggle for life during its earlier
' existence, it receives a shock that it
cau never fully recover from. It
the soil is well pulverized, it places
withiu reach of the roots of the
young plant a large amount of avail-able
plant food, and it starts off in
' life with more vigor, and, like an
animal that has been well fed du-ring
its infancy, it is more capable
of taking care of itself iu after
life, than if stinted and half starved
in its earlier life. Within reasona-ble
limits an additional plowing or
harrowing will often add many
times its cost to the value of the
' crop. Many farm ers seem to
think that all extra work in deep
plowing and extra harrowing in
preparing for a crop is so much la-bor
thrown away ; but this extra la-borisjust
what often determines
the difference between success aud
failure iu farming. Any labor put
forth in frequent stirring of the soil
among growing crops will lie found
to be well expended. Not only
clean culture but thorough culture
should be the farmers motto.—L. J.
TempUn in Ohio Farmer.
Feed/or Coir*-A corresjiondent
of the Country Gentleman writes:
The most profitable teed for cows
giving milk during the wiuter, and
that used iu nearly all the best dair-ies
producing milk for the New
i York market, is a good quality of
j wheat bran and corn meal, mixed
I as follows : Eight pounds of bran
and two of corn meal for eight cows
daily. If the above can be thor-oughly
cooked with cut hay, it in-creases
its value about one-fifth by
1 actual experiment. I produced
! from fifty cows .V'O quarts of milk
daily ou ten pounds of feed mixed
as above and thoroughly cooked.
Profits of Shci-p—Last year Mr.
John T. Ross, of Loudouu county,
1 Va., bought nine hundred dollars
! worth of sheep, among them two
hundred and thirty five ewes.
These be divided at lambing time
I into four flocks, which he watched
j with tender care, and the result is
| that he raised two hundred and sev-
I enty eight lambs, and for the lambs
■ and the wool he obtained $1,240. or
I $138.44 for each one hundred dol-lars
invested.